Employer costs for civilian workers averaged $24.10 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $11.18 for benefits in June 2017. Retirement costs were $1.92, accounting for 5.4 percent of total compensation costs.
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Modeled Wage Estimates—annual estimates of average hourly wages for occupations by selected job characteristics and within geographical location.

Compensation Research and Program Development Group—carries out research that addresses methodological, conceptual, and technical issues of concern to the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions (OCWC), which includes the National Compensation Survey, and the Workplace Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Programs, and other Bureau programs.

Consumer Price Indexes—monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

Occupational Employment Statistics—data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.

Occupational Outlook Handbook—data for 250 occupations, by nature of the work, working conditions, employment, job outlook and earnings, related occupations, sources of additional information, and training, other qualifications, and advancement.

Producer Price Indexes—monthly data on changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.